The plaintiffs said that their arrests had been unlawful.
Held: The arrests were lawful because, whilst their initial arrests were unlawful because the appellants were not told the reasons for them, they became lawful when they were given the reasons at the time of their presentation to the custody officer.
Balcombe, Taylor LJJ
[1990] EWCA Civ 5, [1991] 1 All ER 206
Bailii
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 28
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Richardson v The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police QBD 29-Mar-2011
The claimant, a teacher, said he had been unlawfully arrested and detained after an allegation of assault from a pupil. Having attended the police station voluntarily, he said that the circumstances did not satisfy the required precondition that an . .
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Police, Torts – Other
Leading Case
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.248040
